Sunday, June 26, 2011

Original DUE DATE!!

I laughed this morning when my calendar on my phone "reminded" me that it was my "DUE DATE!!!" So very thankful for the past 8wks to get to see and hold our Kyndall a little earlier than we "planned'!
Praising God today for healing my body and protecting hers. His love is AMAZING! ;)

We found some pictures of Lily when she was 8wks old and tried to remake the same pics with Kyndall to compare both girls at the same age!
Lily's feet in Julie's hands (8wks old)

Kyndall's feet in Julie's hands (8wks old)
Lily's hand in Julie's hand (8wks old)

Kyndall's hand in Julie's hand (8wks old)
Lily at 8wks old

Kyndall at 8wks old

In this picture of Kyndall above...she is wearing her first ever skirt!! I was SO excited to find Preemie skirts at Wal-mart! Go Wally World! ;)

Fun facts about Kyndall the day of her original due date!
Diapers: she is in Preemie diapers, but will soon be in NB
Clothes: she is wearing mostly Preemie clothes, and a few NB depending if the brand runs small
Sleep: she sleeps great during the day and not so great at night! We're working on that! 
Eating: she is fed a bottle or breastfed every 3hrs, she is a good eater, but spits up quite often! We never had that with Lily, so it is a new experience for us! A messy one! ;)

Development: When she hears our voices she makes eye contact and is so alert! She has been lifting her head and turning it side to side when she's on her tummy or laying on our chest. She is a "grunter", they tell us that is normal with a preemie! It's crazy how many noises our little sweetie can make!! ha

Big sister Lily is doing great! She loves her baby sister and always asks for her. The first thing she asks to do when she wakes up in the morning is to see "baby"! We take her to see Kyndall and she says "hi baby!"...she smiles and is ready to go play! It is so cute! She won't touch her, I've tried to get her to kiss her, but she giggles and backs away! I guess that is probably good for a while! I can't wait to see how they interact with each other as they grow! Lily's name for her baby sister is "key-ko"! She called her "k-dog" one time with the guidance of her daddy...but "key-ko" for some reason has stuck and we hope she'll like her nickname, we think it's cute!

Father's Day & Carter's Birthday!

Carter's birthday actually landed on Father's Day this year! 
We had a great time celebrating with his family in town from TN!
Lily kissing her daddy

Proud to be a daddy!

O'Daddy & Big Mama (O'Mommy to Lily!) holding Kyndall for the 1st time!

Kyndall & her daddy!

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Getting out of the house!

Kyndall visited Papa & Grandma's house! 
So far, she has only been to the hospital and the pediatrician's office...so it was fun to take her to see where Papa & Grandma live, just about 10 minutes away! ;)
Julie's Aunt was in town celebrating her 60th birthday, so the whole family got together for dinner. 
She was asleep most of the time, but she had a lot of new faces admiring her for the first time!
Her cousins Keely, Laney & Rex...her Uncle Mike, and Great Aunt's Cindy & Debbi had only seen pictures of her! 
First trip to Grandma & Papa's house (6 wks old)

Proud daddy with his girls! (Lily: 19mo old, Kyndall: 6wks old)
It's wild to me to think that just 2wks ago today we were finally bringing Kyndall home from the NICU. I am still in awe and I hope I always will be of the miracles that God worked in our lives through this. To Him be all the glory!

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Kyndall is 5wks old!

We're not going to be able to call Kyndall "tiny" much longer!! This baby girl is growing so much! Praise the Lord! What an answer to our prayers! 

 
We headed back to the pediatrician's office again today for a 5wk check-up. She got a great report card!
Weight: 5 lbs, 9 oz (75%)
Height: 18.5 (25-50%)
Head: 13.3 (50-75%)
*percentages are from a preemie chart


Physical Exam: Awesome weight gain! A+
Development: Alert! A+
No immunizations until our next visit, which will be at 2months

Kyndall getting a bath at home! She has the coolest "tiny tub" that the NICU sent home with us!

Chillin' in her special "car bed" on the way to the doctor's office!

Big sister Lily and baby Kyndall in their frog jammies!